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Week of August 26, 2009


Wednesday, August 26
  • 3 Index Card Questions
  • Materials List - external image msword.png [[file/view/Materials - Eng 1.aug09.doc|Materials - Eng 1.aug09.doc]]
    • Materials Checks - Wednesday, September 2, and Thursday, September 3 (27 points)
  • Suggested Independent Reading books - 1st Person Conflicts - Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self
  • Course Syllabus external image msword.png [[file/view/English 1 Syllabus.aug09.doc|English 1 Syllabus.aug09.doc]]
  • Homework - Information page - Be able to give a one-minute explanation of "Why?" for each question (because...)
Thursday, August 27
  • Sharing Individual interests and values
  • Mark Buehrle's "Perfect Game!"
  • Your "Perfect Gameplan" - Where do you want to be in 4 years?
  • STCE Student Activities Handbook - Highlight words and phrases of interest on pages 4-15
  • Homework -
    • Materials Checks for September 2 and 3
    • STCE Student Activities Handbook - Highlight words and phrases of interest on pages 16-24
Friday, August 28
  • What have you discovered from the Handbook's lists of opportunities?
  • Monday, February 15 - Presidents' Day - No School
    Tuesday, February 16
    • Romeo and Juliet - Act II, scene ii.
      • Key speeches explained from transparencies, written in pink speech packet
    • Homework - Read Act II, scene ii
    Wednesday, February 17
    • Romeo and Juliet - Review key speeches with transparencies and pink packets
    • Act II, scene iv
    Thursday, February 18
      • Watch Romeo and Juliet film through Act II
      • Review key speeches with transparencies and pink packets through Act II
      • Homework - Read Act II, scene v
    Friday, February 19
      • Reading Minutes and Journaling
      • Romeo and Juliet - Finish Act II
    sonal observations - Chart of 15 activities + 15 appealing features (turn in or finish for homework)
  • Homework - Finish chart, if necessary

Week of August 31, 2009

Monday, August 31
  • Aspects of High School years - pluses and minuses: experiences such as academics, athletics, personal skills, lessons, social, community, technology, etc.
  • Where do your interests, values, and motivations lie?
  • Prewriting - 3 Accomplishments you would like to achieve between Freshman and Senior years - What? Why?
  • Homework - Finish prewriting
Tuesday, September 1
  • Your "Perfect Gameplan"
  • Add to prewriting for 3 Accomplishments - How can you use your experiences after your Senior year?
  • Homework -
    • Draft 1-2 pages about one of the accomplishments you want to accomplish for yourself in the next 4 years
    • Materials Check - 27 points (including Reading book)
Wednesday, September 2
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Materials Check - 27 points
  • Review - Writers Inc: Paragraph Development, Organization of Details, Transitions
  • Homework - Revise, ready to type Draft 2
Thursday, September 3
  • LRC to type Draft 2 (turn in 2 drafts)
  • Materials Check (27 points)
  • Homework - Complete typed Draft 2 for Tuesday, if necessary
Friday, September 4 - Institute Day - No School for Students

Week of September 7, 2009


Monday, September 7 - Labor Day - No School

Tuesday, September 8
  • Turn in 2 drafts (if not turned in on Friday)
  • What is Ahead in English 1? external image msword.png [[file/view/Common Questions - English 1 with Parent Page.aug09.doc|Common Questions - English 1 with Parent Page.aug09.doc]]
  • Getting to Know Writers Inc. - scavenger hunt
  • Homework - Signed Parent page
Wednesday, September 9
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Planner Vocabulary
  • Homework - Vocabulary
Thursday, September 10
  • LRC to Edit Final Copy - audience, capital letters, contractions, complete sentences, spellchecking, proofreading out loud. Peer proofreading.
  • Homework - Complete "My Perfect Gameplan" - Drafts 1, 2, and Final Copy
Friday, September 11
  • "My Perfect Gameplan" Due - Drafts 1, 2, and Final Copy
  • Review the Writing Process - prewriting, drafting, revising, editing
  • Literature - First Person Conflicts

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Week of September 14, 2009


Monday, September 14
  • Discuss results from Parent Interviews about Names
  • "Names" by Sandra Cisneros
    • Esperanza's identity
  • Homework - Write a 1-paragraph characterization of your partner
Tuesday, September 15
  • Share Characterization paragraphs
  • What makes up a person's identity?
    • How do we see Esperanza's identity in "Names?" Spanish and English
      • "My Name" Identity Chart
    • What are her 2 primary conflicts?
  • Similes and Metaphors
  • Homework -
    • Create 3 similes and 3 metaphors about you that will be part of your name/identity writing
Wednesday, September 16
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Create your story/poem using your 3 similes and 3 metaphors in the style of Cisneros' "My Name"
  • Homework -
    • Finish completing the Conflict on your blue Characterization Blocks chart
    • Finish the examples on the yellow "My Name" page
Thursday, September 17
  • Adding Imagery to your name's story/poem
  • Homework - Finish "professional" version of your name's story/poem
    • On the legal size paper provided for you in class - Create a visual presentation of your story/poem with all of your 3 similes and 3 metaphors. Illustrate with at least 3 visual images that occur in your paragraphs/verses.
    • Find an example for imagery on the yellow "My Name" page
Friday, September 18
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Visual Presentations - sharing and posting

Week of September 21, 2009

Monday, September 21
  • Finish individual sharing of "My Name" stories
  • Journaling - How is age 13 different from your age now?
  • "Eleven" - Highlight characterization details of Rachel
  • Homework - Fill in blue Characterization block
Tuesday, September 22
  • "Eleven" - Repetition as an Author's Tool
  • Comparison/Contrast of pieces
  • Homework - Complete the Venn diagram comparing and contrasting characterization of Esperanza and Rachel
    venn diagram Esp Rach.doc
Wednesday, September 23
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Planner Vocabulary Test - August 15 - September 18
  • Homework -
    • Complete the Venn diagram comparing and contrasting identity of Esperanza and Rachel
Thursday, September 24
  • In-class writing - Comparisons/Contrasts using prewriting
Friday, September 18
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Using quotations and citations
  • Homework - Type comparison/contrast paragraphs, including quotations and citations

Week of September 27, 2009


Monday, September 28
  • external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png [[file/view/paragraph development cycles.Eng1.sept09.ppt|paragraph development cycles.Eng1.sept09.ppt]]Paragraph Development - Cycles
    • PowerPoint
  • Relate cycle structure to the comparison/contrast writing about Rachel and Esperanza
  • Insert numbers 1-2-3-4 for cycle parts in your comparison/contrast essay
  • MLA Citation format (Cisneros 160).
  • Homework -
    • Type essay, adding any 1-2-3-4 as necessary
    • Add one quote and its citation for each example of a comparison or contrast in your essay (6 total)
Tuesday, September 29
  • Turn in essays
  • Journal - What is your most important piece of clothing? Why? (5 minutes)
  • Characterization - How do our possessions identify us, how do we identify outselves?
    • Short Story "The Jacket"

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    • Put a * whenever you infer a reason for the jacket's importance
    • Discussion Questions
    • Small groups - Post reasons for who is at fault the outcome: the mother, the jacket, the kid
  • Homework -
    • Fill in the Characterization blockexternal image msword.png [[file/view/Characterization blocks.sept09.doc|Characterization blocks.sept09.doc]]
    • Bring your favorite possession
Wednesday, September 30
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Share possessions and its meaning in your life
  • Symbolism
  • Homework - Writing: What does the jacket symbolize in the narrator's life?
Thursday, October 1
  • In-class writing - RAFT: Role, Audience, Format, Topic
  • Homework - Type RAFT Writing
Friday, October 2
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Using quotations and citations
  • Homework -
    • Take on the role of one of the 3 main characters so far: Rachel, Esperanza, or the narrator
    • Be an advice columnist, and respond to your classmates' letters
    • Finish and type writing.

Week of October 5, 2009

Monday, October 5
  • Share weekend's advice with Letter's writer
  • "Oranges" - poem in 4 sections for 4 illustrations
    Oranges.doc
    • classnotes - imagery, setting, mood
  • T-chart
  • Homework -
Tuesday, October 6
  • "Oranges" - Title choices
  • Symbolism, Title as a Metaphor
  • 4 kinds of conflict in the unit's short stories and poems
  • Homework -
Wednesday, October 7
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Review of Literary Devices for Thursday's test
  • Homework - Study all definitions and examples for the devices on yellow Literary Devices chart
Thursday, October 8
  • Literary Devices test
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Unit Assessment assignment
  • Homework - Brainstorm the personal incidents in which you experienced the 4 conflicts you have seen in this unit. Determine your symbol and title.
Friday, October 9 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of October 12, 2009


Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day - No School

Tuesday, October 13
  • Writing Workshop - Peer Reviewing
    • Your personal incidentexternal image msword.png [[file/view/Coming of age story wkshop.anna09.doc|Coming of age story wkshop.anna09.doc]]

  • Homework - Final story is due, with all drafts and peer review pages
Wednesday, October 14
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • 3 ways to introduce a quote
  • Homework - In your Comparison/Contrast essay, correctly introduce your 6 quotes (using the 3 methods discussed in class) and cite them using accurate MLA citation. ex. (Cisneros 15).
Thursday, October 15
  • Edgar Allan Poe: "The Cask of Amontillado"
    • Story and major themes
    • Characterization
    • Vocabulary and paraphrasing
  • Homework - Complete the paraphrasing of the first paragraph.
Friday, October 16
  • Paraphrasing to Understand Section 1
  • What is Montresor's objective?
  • Homework - Characterization of Montresor and Fortunato

Week of October 19, 2009


Quarter Notebook due - Monday, October 26

  • Requirements
    • Have all work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
    • All papers with holes must be on rings.
    • All paper without holes must be in the folder

Last day for 1st Quarter Late Work - Wednesday, October 28
  • Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
  • Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.

Monday, October 19
  • Read Introduction, "Cask of Amontillado"
The Cask of Amontillado intro.oct09.doc

  • Paraphrase paragraph 1 sentence by sentence. Use the vocabulary instertedeach paragraph
summarize
  • Homework -
  • What characterization of Montresor and Fortunato do you learn in Section 1? (what they do, say, look like, what others say)

Tuesday, October 20
Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 - STCE Closed due to Student Illness

Note: Due Date Changed! Quarter Notebook due - Friday, October 30!

  • Requirements
    • Have all work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
    • All papers with holes must be on rings.
    • All paper without holes must be in the folder.

Last day for 1st Quarter Late Work - Friday, October 30

  • Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
  • Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208

Monday, October 26
  • Review of "Cask," Section 1-2
  • Predictions, illustrations of upcoming eventsexternal image msword.png [[file/view/Cask of Amontillado-Section 2.oct09.doc|Cask of Amontillado-Section 2.oct09.doc]]
  • Irony - Dramatic irony
  • Homework - Create a comprehension quiz of 8 events that occur in Sections 1-2 (typed)
    • List should be out of its true order so that partner can rearrange the events into chronological order
Tuesday, October 27
  • Comprehension quizzes
  • Identify Irony
  • "Cask," Section 3 external image msword.png [[file/view/Cask of Amontillado-Section 3.oct09.doc|Cask of Amontillado-Section 3.oct09.doc]]
  • Homework - Complete Ironic Interpretations chart for "Cask" external image msword.png [[file/view/Ironic Interpretations anna09.doc|Ironic Interpretations anna09.doc]]
Wednesday, October 28
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Sentence Fragments
  • Homework -
    • Sentence Fragment worksheet
    • Predictions and irony
Thursday, October 29
  • Predictions?
  • "Cask," Section 4
  • "Cask of Amonillado" Story Frame - parts of the "Cask" story
  • Read Section 5
Friday, October 30
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Fond Memories

Week of November 2, 2009


Monday, November 2
  • A Writer's Decisions - What are all the little decisions an author must make when revising over and over before the story is complete?
  • Imagery - Poe's details to let you see the "movie"
  • Section 4 - Vocabulary
  • Dramatic Interpretations - Fortunato's final moments
  • Homework -
    • Draw a cross-section or aerial view of the route that Fortunato and Montresor take through the vaults. Included precise details that Poe mentions in the paragraphs.
Tuesday, November 3
Wednesday, November 4
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Poe's attention to Foreshadowing and Conflicts (Internal and External)
  • Homework -
    • "The Author's Decisions" worksheet, page 2
Thursday, November 5
  • Notebook/binder/folder double-check
  • Distinction between foreshadowing (the author) and forethought (the character)
    • Poe, the Writer, and Montresor, the Persona
    • What details does Poe use to show us that Montresor had given much forethought to his plan?
Friday, November 6

Week of November 9, 2009


Monday, November 9
  • Sentence Types - Independent clauses and compound sentences
    • Identify independent clauses in sentences
    • , FANBOYS and Compound Sentences
    • Anticipation guide: "The Scarlet Ibis"
  • Homework -
    • , FANBOYS worksheet (for Wednesday) external image msword.png [[file/view/,Fanboys complete review.nov09.doc|,Fanboys complete review.nov09.doc]]
    • Study Compound Sentences and , FANBOYS for Thursday's quiz

Tuesday, November 10
  • Review IC ,fanboys IC. and IC; IC. and the Compound Sentence worksheet
  • Compound sentence review - What is compound and what isn't?
  • "The Scarlet Ibis," sections 1-2 external image msword.png [[file/view/The Scarlet Ibis.doc|The Scarlet Ibis.doc]]
  • Homework -
    • Summarize sections 1-2, using at least 5 compound sentences
    • Study for Compound Sentence quiz on Thursday
Wednesday, November 11
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Imagery - "Ibis," sections 1-2
    • Paragraph 1 - Present
    • Paragraph 2 - Past
  • Homework - Draw the images in your mind for the 1st 2 paragraphs of "The Scarlet Ibis." To draw the 2 pictures, you may use 1/2-sheet of paper or both sides of one sheet.
    • Paragraph 1 - Include at least 15 details in your illustration.
    • Paragraph 2 - Include at least 10 details in your illustration.
Thursday, November 11
  • "The Scarlet Ibis," sections 2-3
  • Compound Sentence quiz
  • Homework - Characterization Quarters for Sections 1-3
Friday, November 12
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • "The Scarlet Ibis, " sections 4-5
  • Homework -
    • Continue Characterization Quarters - Form sections 4-5 of the "The Scarlet Ibis," collect specific quotes that show Brother's characterization - 2 for what he Looks like, Acts like, Says, and Others say about him (LASO). Then do the same for Doodle.

Week of November 16, 2009

Monday, November 16
  • The Author's Decisions - characterization
  • "The Scarlet Ibis," sections 6-7
  • Why did Doodle die? Looking at details external image msword.png The Scarlet Ibis.doc
  • Homework -
    • Make a T-chart with one column for the ibis and one column for Doodle. Find 5 pairs of quotes that show at least 5 ways that Doodle and the ibis are similar. One quote for the ibis should be in the left column, and the matching quote for Doodle should be in the right column.
Tuesday, November 17
  • The Author's Decisions - Foreshadowing
  • Symbolism and Motifs
  • Homework - The Great Motif Hunt
Wednesday, November 18
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Themes in "The Scarlet Ibis"
  • Homework - "The Author's Decisions" chart, p. 1
Thursday, November 19
  • Literary Analysis story aspects
  • Homework - "The Author's Decisions" chart, p. 2
Friday, November 20
  • Literary Analysis Essay - Comparisons and contrasts between Poe's "Cask" and Hurst's "Ibis"

Week of November 30, 2009


Monday, November 30
  • The Author's Decisions - comparisons
  • Homework -Comparisons worksheet: Complete the second and third columns for "The Scarlet Ibis" and World War I. Find specfic quotes from the story.
Tuesday, December 1
  • Literary Elements to Compare and Contrast
  • Homework - Select 2 of the literary elements and write 1/2-1 pages about how Poe and Hurston use them to create mood in their stories.
Wednesday, December 2
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Assignment Sheet - Using Literary Elements to Create Mood
  • Homework - Comparisons worksheet: Complete the "Cask of Amontillado" column. Find specific quotes from the story.
Thursday, December 3
  • Prewriting for the essay - "Cask and Mood"
  • Homework - List 10 quotes that indicated your literary element and mood in "Cask"
Friday, December 4
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Prewriting for the essay - "Ibis" and Mood
  • Homework - List 10 quotes that indicate your literary element and mood in "Ibis"

Week of December 7, 2009

external image msword.png An Author's Decisions - Mood.dec09.doc
Monday, December 7
  • An Author's Decisions Essay - Due Thursday, December 17
    • What decisions do authors make? Why do they make those choices?
    • Look at your freewriting notes for Poe and Hurst to determine the kinds of choices the authors make to influence mood in their stories.
    • Consider the literary elements you have chosen to focus on: language, settings, characterization, imagery, symbolism.
    • Choose 2-3 decisions that Poe makes and 2-3 decisions that Hurst makes using your selected literary element.
  • Homework -
    • For each of the 2-3 decisions that the 2 authors make, write 3 sentences explaining how that choice affects their stories.
Tuesday, December 8
  • How do the authors' decisions/choices compare?
    • Which of the decisions that Poe and Hurst make are similar? They both...
    • Which of the decisions that Poe and Hurst make are different? One ..., but the other...
  • Which comparisons and contrasts (total of 3) are you going to work with?
    • Choose 2 comparisons and 1 contrast or 1 comparison and 2 contrasts
  • Homework - Consider your Comparison 1.
    • Type a paragraph that explains the decision Poe makes when using your literary term to influence mood in "Cask." (No examples yet).
    • Type a paragraph that explains how Hurst makes that same decision when using your literary term to influence mood in "Ibis," as well as how his decision is similar to Poe's. (No examples yet).
Wednesday, December 9
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Consider Comparison 2 or Contrast 1.
    • Type a paragraph that explains another decision Poe makes when using your literary term to influence mood in "Cask." (No examples yet).
    • Type a paragraph that explains how Hurst makes the same decision when using your literary term to influence mood in "Ibis," as well as how his decision is similar (or different) from Poe's. (No examples yet).
  • Homework - Consider Contrast 1 or 2.
    • Type a paragraph that explains another decision Poe makes when using your literary term to influence mood in "Cask." (No examples yet).
    • Type a paragraph that explains how Hurst makes the same decision when using your literary term to influence mood in "Ibis," as well as how his decision is different from Poe's. (No examples yet).
Thursday, December 10
  • How will you organize your Comparison/Contrast Essay?
  • LRC - Combine (copy and paste) all your paragraphs into the outline form you prefer.
  • Homework - Finish combining and adding transitions so that combined paragraphs sound smooth when read out lout. To turn in.
Friday, December 11
  • Look at your list of quotes that show how the authors convey mood by using your literary element.
    • Choose at least one quote to be the Step 3 in each cycle the capital letters.
  • LRC - Put quotes into paragraphs in the Step 3 part of the cycles. Blend each quote into the cycle instead of just dropping it in.
  • Homework - Type the quotes and revise the cycles for your 6 paragraphs your outline. Draft 1 to turn in on Monday.

Week of December 14, 2009

external image msword.png An Author's Decisions - Mood.dec09.doc
Monday, December 14
  • An Author's Decisions Essay - Outline due Friday, December 18
    • What decisions do authors make? Why do they make those choices?
    • Look at your freewriting notes for Poe and Hurst to determine the kinds of choices the authors make to influence mood in their stories.
    • Consider the literary elements you have chosen to focus on: language, settings, characterization, imagery, symbolism.
    • Choose 2-3 decisions that Poe makes and 2-3 decisions that Hurst makes using your selected literary element.
  • Contrast paragraphs - Reread "Cask" and "Ibis" looking for examples and ideas of how the 2 authors use contrasting ways of developing mood in their stories.
  • At the end of each story, freewrite about the ideas that occurred to you as you reread. Look over your highlighting, then turn it over and add to your freewriting.
  • Homework -
    • Using your freewriting for each story, write well-developed paragraphs with specific examples and explanation of how each author uses the literary element to contrast the moods.
    • Type one paragraph for Poe and one paragraph for Hurst.
Tuesday, December 15
  • How will you organize your Comparison/Contrast Essay?
  • LRC - Replace main point sentences and topic sentences in your skeleton outline with the paragraphs you have written.
  • Homework - Finish combining and adding transitions so that combined paragraphs sound smooth when read out lout. To turn in.
Wednesday, December 16
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Look at your list of quotes that show how the authors convey mood by using your literary element.
  • Develop cycles steps 1-2-3-4, using a quote to serve as the example in step 3 of each cycle.
  • LRC - Put quotes into paragraphs in the Step 3 part of the cycles. Blend each quote into the cycle instead of just dropping it in.
  • Homework - Type the quotes and revise the cycles for your 6 paragraphs in your outline.
Thursday, December 17
  • Work on cycles. No repetition. Informative.
  • Homework - Revise Paragraph outline to turn in
Friday, December 18 - Candy Cane Day!
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
    candy_canes.jpg
    candy_canes.jpg

Week of Monday, January 4, 2010

Monday, January 4
  • Return essay outlines
  • Revise cycles in 6 body paragraphs.
  • Cnostructing the Introduction and Conclusion
  • Homework - Finish and type Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
Tuesday, January 5
  • Citation placement and format within a paragraph - insert after each Step 3 in each cycle
  • Punctuation of titles
  • Editing concerns - you, 3rd person, literary present tense
  • Homework - Comparison/Contrast of Literary Element Essay Due
    • Draft 2 - Put Intro, 6 body paragraphs, and Conclusion into 1 document. Revise all cycles to make sure you have 1-2-3-4 in each one, with the quote as your Step 3.
Wednesday, January 6
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Workshop time for paragraph revisions
Thursday, January 7
  • Edit sheet and editing
  • Commonly confused words - pretest and corrections (Warriner's)
  • Homework -
    • Use the Edit Sheet to continue editing draft
    • Comparison/Contrast of Literary Elements essay due in yellow folder with all components

Friday, January 8
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Revising from outline form to paragraph form (Main Point Sentence + Paragraph Topic Sentence in Paragraph A, etc.
  • Turn in yellow folder with all essay components
  • Homework -
    • Revise pre-final essay (outline form) into paragraph form
    • Turn in final essay on Monday
Week of January 25

Monday, January 25
  • Materials list for Second Semester
  • Spelling Pretest - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words (see Writers Inc)
  • Homework - external image msword.png [[file/view/Materials - Eng 1.jan10.doc|Materials - Eng 1.jan10.doc]]
    • Write each misspelled word 3 times each
    • Materials Check on Friday (20 points)
Tuesday, January 26
  • 1st Semester Gradesheets - signed for 5 points Extra Credit
  • Comments about Comparison/Contrast Essays: Poe and Hurst
  • LRC to make corrections and revisions
  • Homework -
    • Finish Revisions and corrections
      • Required - anything highlighted in yellow
      • Extra Credit (5 points) - anything marked or suggested in pen
Wednesday, January 27
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Shakespeare - The Stage handout
  • Homework - Create a matching quiz from the handout -
    • List any 10 terms from either side of the page.
    • Create a list of definitions or explanations that a classmate can match to each term,
Thursday, January 28
  • Spelling Review for Friday's test
  • LRC - Shakespeare facts - Find 1 picture and 2 articles of factual information about your Shakespeare topic external image msword.png [[file/view/LRC Research topics.jan10.doc|LRC Research topics.jan10.doc]]
  • Homework -
    • Materials Check (20 points) - All or nothing. Next week, late grade.
    • Spelling Test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
    • In each areticle about your Shakespeare topic, highlight at least 10 interesting and informative facts or quotes about Shakespeare. Write one well-written informative sentence using each fact or quote.
Friday, January 29
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Materials Checked
  • Spelling Test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
  • Homework - Register on-line for next year's courses!! Use last.first name as your User ID, and the password you received in the mail. Select English 4 (or 12) - block to register for the year-long English class. The process will let you know which credits you still need. Then you can fill in extra spots with your choice of electives.

Week of February 1, 2010 -


Week of Monday, February 1, 2010


Monday, February 1
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • How Has Your Language Changed?
  • Homework -
    • Write 10 informative sentences that include the information from the 20 sentences that you highlighted in your 2 sources. Type them using size 14 font to put on an 11" x 14" poster.
Tuesday, February 2
  • Challenges with the Language of Shakespeare
    • Archaics, contractions, word order, puns
  • Homework - Translate Shakespeare's sonnet
Wednesday, February 3
  • Romeo and Juliet - "Two households, both alike in dignity..." Who is Who?
  • Homework- Paraphrase the prologue
Thursday, February 4
  • Act I
  • Homework - Prepare your lines
Friday, February 5
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Continue Act I

Week of Monday, February 8, 2010


Monday, February 8
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Elizabethan facts
  • Write your paraphrasing of your 10 assigned lines onto the transparency you were given in class.
  • Homework -
    • Create an 8' x 17" poster on your Elizabethan topic. Transfer your 10 typed informative sentences and your picture for your sources. Add color and whatever other decorative features that will make your poster appealing when it is displayed in the classroom.
Tuesday, February 9
  • Presentation of Elizabethan posters
  • Romeo and Juliet - Act I, scene ii. p. 27
    • Key speeches explained from transparencies, written in pink speech packet
  • Homework - Read Act, scene iii to the bottom of p. 41
Wednesday, February 10
  • Romeo and Juliet - Review key speeches through p. 41
  • Homework- Read p. 51 - to the middle of p. 57. Capulet's party.
    • Focus question: What is Tybalt upset about, and what is Capulet's response to him?
Thursday, February 11
  • Finish poster presentations
  • Review key speeches through p. 57.
  • Act I, scene iv - Act II, scene i
  • Homework - Read p. 71 to the middle of p. 79. The Balcony Scene
    • Focus question: What is Juliet worried about, and what is Romeo's response to her?
Friday, February 12
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Romeo and Juliet Act II

Week of Monday, February 22, 2010

Monday, February 22
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Romeo and Juliet, Act III
  • Homework - Read Act III, i - p. 115-129
    • On a piece of looseleaf paper, write "Mercutio dies" 1/2 way down the page.
    • Above that line, find 3 quotes that show Romeo's attitude about life at the beginning of the scene. How does he feel? Why?
    • Below that line, find 3 quotes that show Romeo's attitude about life at the end of the scene. How does he feel? Why
Tuesday, February 23
  • Quick Quiz (and Extra Credit) for III, i
  • Romeo and Juliet - Act III, scene ii.
  • Homework - Read Act III, iii - p. 139-153
    • Find any 3 sentences that answer each of the following:
      • 1. Why does Romeo think that banishment is worse than death?
      • 2. What are 3 reasons why Friar thinks Romeo should feel happy (fortunate)?
      • 3. What is the Friar's plan for Romeo and Juliet?
Wednesday, February 24
  • Romeo and Juliet - Act III, iv
  • Decisions list
  • Homework - Finish Act III, v - p. 163-173
Thursday, February 25
Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of Monday, March 1, 2010

Monday, March 1
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, i-iv, p. 177-197 [Paris speaks with Friar Lawrence about the wedding, joined by Juliet; Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan for Juliet; Juliet tells her father she will obey him; Juliet goes to bed alone and drinks the potion. and Capulet look forward to Thursday,
  • Homework -
    • Read Act IV, v (lines 1-90), p. 197-203 (Nurse finds Juliet). Expect a quiz.
    • Decide top 3 choices for memorizing 10 lines of any speech in the pink packet.
Tuesday, March 2
  • Reading
  • Quick Quiz Act IV, v (lines 1-90)
  • Romeo and Juliet - Act vIV, scene v p.
  • Homework - Read to the end of Act IV (to p. 207).
    • Add 5 decisions from Act IV to your list of character decisions
Wednesday, February 24
  • Romeo and Juliet - Act III, iv
  • Decisions list
  • Homework - Finish Act III, v - p. 163-173
Thursday, February 25
Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of Monday, March 8, 2010

Monday, March 8
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Shakespeare's Sonnets - Act II, the Chorus introduction
    • Meaning
    • Structure
  • Homework -
    • Reorganize the structure of the sonnet on the handout
    • Label the stanza types and rhyme pattern
Tuesday, March 9
  • Decisions that were made for positive reasons and decisions that were made for negative ones
  • Romeo and Juliet essay - Who is to Blame?
    • Possibilities
    • What did he/she do? What didn't he/she do?
  • Romeo and Juliet film [collect ideas for decisions/details to blame]
  • Homework -
    • Choose the character you want to blame the most for the tragedy
    • List 3-5 decisions that he or she made that caused the tragedy
    • Memorization speeches start Thursday! (or before if you are ready)!
Wednesday, March 10
  • Who is to Blame? Causes and Effects
    • Decisions lists
    • Why did the character make the specific decision? [Causes]
    • What did the specific decision lead to? [Effects]
    • Did the effect cause another effect? [Ripple effects]
  • Brainstorm - Decision 1, Cause(s), Effect(s) and Ripple effects
  • Romeo and Juliet film [collect ideas for decisions/details to blame]
  • Homework -
    • Repeat brainstorming (as above) for Decision 2
      • Turn in Brainstorming for both Decisions 1 and 2
    • Memorization speeches start Thursday! (or before if you are ready)!
Thursday, March 11
  • Memorization speeches start!
  • Romeo and Juliet film [collect ideas for decisions/details to blame]
  • Homework - Brainstorming for Decision 3 to turn in
Friday, March 12
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Romeo and Juliet film [collect ideas for decisions/details to blame]
  • Homework - Find 2 quotes that are examples for each Decision your character made that deserves blame for the tragedy

Notebooks and Planners due on Friday, March 19! No loose papers! Everything we have done: classnotes, handouts, homework, essays, quizzes, etc!

Week of Monday, March 15, 2010

Monday, March 15
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - Reassembly, rhyme pattern, stanza structure
    • Meaning
    • Structure
Tuesday, March 16
  • Romeo and Juliet essay - Who is to Blame?
    • 3 Decisions - Topic sentences
    • Outlining the Essay
    • Drafting - Divide each decision into sub-ideas (to form 2 cycles - Causes and Effects? Reasons and Results?
    • Supporting quotes - 2 for each decision (Cause and Effect? Reasons why and Results?)
      • Decision 1 - Combine Decision 1 brainstorming with quotes to create 2 cycles.
  • Homework - Finish and type outline 's Roman numerals (decisions) and A, B (cycle ideas)
Wednesday, March 17
  • Romeo and Juliet essay - Review punctuation, embedding, and context of quotes into cycles
    • Decision 1 - double-check quotes within cycles, turn in
    • Decision 2 draft - Combine Decision 2 brainstorming with quotes to create 2 cycles
  • Homework - Finish Decision 2 draft to turn in
Thursday, March 18!
  • Romeo and Juliet essay - Transitions
    • Within paragraphs - between cycles
    • Between paragraphs
    • Double-check transitions in and between Decision 1 and Decision 2 (then turn in)
    • Decision 3 draft - Combine Decision 3 brainstorming with quotes to create 2 cycles
  • Homework - Finish Decision 3 draft to turn in
Friday, March 19
  • Reading Minutes and Journaling
  • Romeo and Juliet essay
    • peer feedback - ideas? clarifications?
  • Homework - Revise essay draft and type all body paragraphs of essay (2 cycles per decision paragraph)

Week of Monday, March 22, 2010

Monday, March 22
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Embedding Quotations into your cycles
    • Punctuation
    • Phrasingexternal image empty.png [[file/view/Evaluation - Who's to Blame.mar10.doc|Evaluation - Who's to Blame.mar10.doc]]
  • Homework - Finish all revisions of all Main Point paragraphs (all body paragraphs)
Tuesday, March 23
  • Binder/Notebook/Folder double-check
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  • Review of required editing rules - Edit Sheet
  • Romeo and Juliet essay - Who is to Blame?
    • Introduction and Conclusion
      • Hook, Informative paragraph, Thesis statement about blame
  • Homework - Intro and Conclusion paragraph, typed and ready to turn in
Wednesday, March 24
    • LRC to do final editing
    • Homework - Essay due Thursday, with all prewriting pieces
Thursday, March 25
    • Romeo and Juliet due
      • Final copy
      • All prewriting and draft pieces
      • Edit Sheet
      • Evaluation page
    • Contemporary Romeo and Juliet
Friday, March 26
    • Reading Minutes or Contemporary Romeo and Juliet

Homework - Have a restful Spring Break!!

Week of Monday, April 5

Monday, April 5
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
    • Review Sentence Patterns for Compound and Complex Sentences
    • Fragments
    • Homework -
Tuesday, April 6
  • Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
  • Warriner's p. 256-257
  • Homework - 3 sentences for each sentence pattern: IC ,fanboys IC. IC;IC. DC, IC. IC DC. (12 total)
Wednesday, April 7
  • Finish Exercise 1, p. 245 - Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
  • Exercies 2, p. 245 - Copy the fragment of each pair for #1-10 onto looseleaf paper.
  • Homework - For each of the 10 fragments on p. 245, use various strategies to revise each fragment into a complete sentences

Thursday, April 8
    • Review 4 sentence types
    • Fragments v. Sentences
    • Sentence Fragment PowerPointexternal image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png Fragments.pptadapted.mar10.ppt
    • Homework - Study all worksheets and classnotes (including the PowerPoint slides) for test on correct punctuation of compound and complex sentences, sentence fragments
Friday, April 9
    • Punctuation test
    • Reading Minutes and Journaling
external image msword.png Sentence Fragments worksheet.sep08.doc
    • Homework - Sentence Fragments worksheet (yellow)

Week of Monday, April 12

Monday, April 12
      • Reading Minutes/Journaling
      • Historical Background of the American 1930s
      • Preview of To Kill a Mockingbird
      • Homework - Find and list 5 events that occurred in the U.S. during the 1930s (other than Civil Rights activities)
    • Tuesday, April 13
      • Complete Background and the Comparison between Scout and Harper Lee
      • Chapter 1 of Mockingbird - the Finch Family History
      • Main Characters to be aware of
      • Allusions/Vocabulary handout Chapter 1
      • Homework - Finish Chapter 1. In your book, highlight all of the allusions and vocabulary listed on the handout.
    • Wednesday, April 14
      • Chapter 1 questions?
      • Quick Quiz - Chapter 1
      • Chapter 1 questions on the green Study Guide for Chapters 1-11
      • Homework - Finish Chapter 2, answer Chapter 2 Study Guide questions
    • Thursday, April 15
      • Return esays and Sentence Fragment tests
      • Mockingbird, Chapter 3
      • Homework - Finish Chapter 3
    • Friday, April 16
      • Quick Quiz - Chapters 3-4
      • Reading/Journaling
      • Mockingbird, Chapter 4 highlights
      • Homework - Find 3 quotes from anywhere in Chapters 1-4 about each of the following. (Quotes for each topic must be at least 2 pages apart - ex. 46 and 48, or 51 and 53). Any lines from the novel are considered quotes, including the narrator's.
        • Characterization (what he says, what he does (acts), what he looks like (including body language), what others say about him (including the narrator)
          • Atticus
          • the Cunninghams
          • the Ewells
          • relationship between Scout and Jem
        • Life in the 1930's
          • simpler life
          • racial awareness (blacks/whites)

Monday, April 19
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Discussion on Ch. 1-4
  • Homework - Read Chapter 5, p. 41-40 for Tuesday
Tuesday, April 20
  • Attention to Chapter 5
  • Homework - Read Chapters 6-7, p. 50-63 for Thursday
Wednesday, April 21
  • LRC to research the 1930's
  • Find at least 3 informative articles on your assigned topic
  • Homework - Chapters 6-7 for Thursday
Thursday, April 22
  • Attention to Chapters 6-7
  • Homework - Read Chapter 8
Friday, April 23
  • Quick Quiz - Chapters 5-8
  • Reading/Journaling
  • Attention to Chapter 8
  • Homework - Read Chapters 9-10 for Tuesday

Week of Monday, May 3, 2010

Monday, May 3
  • Reading Minutes/Journaling
  • Point of View - First Person/Third Person
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of each
  • Homework - Read Chapter 13-14
Tuesday, May 4
  • From Part I onward
  • Conflicts - internal and external
  • Characters - who and why
  • Courage - who and why
  • Homework -
    • Read Chapters 15 -16 for Thursday
    • Answer Reading Guide questions for Chapters 15-16
Wednesday, May 5
  • Attention to Chapters 15-16/Reading Guide questions
  • Homework - Chapters 15-16
Thursday, May 6
  • Attention to Chapters 15-16/circle group
  • Homework - Chapter 17
Friday, May 7
  • Homework -
  • Read Chapters 18-19 for Tuesday
    • Chapter 18
      • List 3 details that you learn from Mayella when she testifies for Mr. Gilbert
      • List 3 details that you learn from Mayella when she is cross-examined by Atticus
    • Main Point I cycles - complete draft for Monday (Topic sentence + 5 notecard cycles 1-2-3-4 in paragraph:Facts about your topic

Week of Monday, May 10, 2010 Monday, May 10

Tuesday, May 11
  • Attention to Chapters 18-19.
  • Write 3 Main Point sentences on 3 notecards.
  • On each notecard you will use for your essay, write Step 2 and 4 on each notecard.
    • Step 1 is your Main Point sentence card. Step 2 = Explain it. Step 3 = Notecard (citation). Step 4 = Relate it.
  • Homework -
    • Complete all of the notecard steps, ready to type for Wednesday.
    • Read Chapters 20-22 for Thursday. Answer Reading Guide questions.
Wednesday, May 12
Thursday, May 13
  • Discuss Chapters 20-22 and Reading Guide questions.
  • Reading or Film?
  • Homework - Typed draft of 3 Main Point paragraphs due if not already turned in
Friday, May 14
  • LRC Section B to create PowerPoint for 1930s presentation
  • Homework -
    • Turn in revised, printout of handout (10+ slides with captions).
    • Finish PowerPoint with 10 slides (pictures with captions) and a Title page
    • Read Chapters 23-24 for Tuesday.